The 10 best seafood restaurants on Long Island: Eat here now

The Lavraki, or whole branzini, is a specialty at Kyma in Roslyn. (Credit: Jonah Markowitz)

Finding outstanding seafood at Long Island restaurants is harder than it should be. You go through plenty of the overcooked, the badly fried, the brutally broiled -- but there also are beacons that almost compensate for all the others. Here are Newsday's choices for the best seafood in Nassau and Suffolk in 2015....

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Finding outstanding seafood at Long Island restaurants is harder than it should be. You go through plenty of the overcooked, the badly fried, the brutally broiled -- but there also are beacons that almost compensate for all the others. Here are Newsday's choices for the best seafood in Nassau and Suffolk in 2015.

Artie's South Shore Fish & Grill

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Artie's South Shore Fish & Grill, Island Park: Not only does his eatery share quarters with a fish market, but owner Artie Hoerning is a commercial fisherman who reels in much of what he sells and serves. Decor is modest in the extreme, plates are paper, but the selection of local seafood in season is unsurpassed on Long Island. Excellent lobster rolls, fried clams, and fried or broiled whole fluke. BYOB and cash only. (Pictured: A swordfish steak sauteed in blackened butter and served with sauteed spinach and French fries.)

Bigelow's

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Bigelow's, Rockville Centre: This landmark clam shack has been serving up seafood since 1939 along a distinctly unmaritime stretch of Sunrise Highway. The kitchen has a breading station, a grill and a couple of fryolators; the dining room, a curved counter with 30 stools. The main attraction here is fried seafood -- whiting, shrimp, calamari, smelts, oysters, scallops - but the undisputed stars of the show are the fried Ipswich clams, soft-shell and with the bellies still attached (pictured). Cash only.

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